# Downshift: Breathing Exercises — Nervous System & Breathwork

> Nervous System & Breathwork (iPhone/iPad app by Ioan-Cristian Vezure.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/downshift-breathing-exercises/id6776364372 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ioan-Cristian Vezure](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896782546)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 1 more
- Released: 2026-06-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-08
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/downshift-breathing-exercises/id6776364372/reviews.md

## What is Downshift?

Downshift offers guided breathing exercises for the moments you feel tense or stressed — box breathing, 4-7-8, resonance breathing and the physiological sigh — plus progressive muscle relaxation, a body scan and, with a watch or tracker, a daily nervous-system reading from your Apple Health data.

Breathe along. Follow the animated orb through guided patterns: the Physiological Sigh, Resonance breathing, Box, 4-7-8, and more. Gentle haptics mark every inhale and exhale, so you can do it with your eyes closed.

Build a daily rhythm. A simple daily checklist of evidence-based habits — morning light, movement, a caffeine cutoff, a steady bedtime — with a streak to keep you going.

See your progress. Log your tension morning and evening and watch the trend over time.

Let go of physical tension. Guided progressive muscle relaxation walks you head-to-toe.

On your wrist and your Home Screen. A standalone Apple Watch app with guided breathing, complications, and your reading at a glance — plus Home and Lock Screen widgets.

Yours, and private. Your Apple Health data stays on your device. Your notes sync privately through your own iCloud — no account with us, no servers of ours, no tracking. Ever.

Free to download and use. No ads.

Downshift supports everyday wellbeing and is not a medical device or a substitute for professional care.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.6 — 2026-10-05

• Plainer wording across the app: practice descriptions, daily-habit notes and several Learn entries now simply describe what each one is.

• Two new names. The one-minute card at the top of the Breathe tab is now "Breathing break". In More patterns, the one with equal in- and out-breaths is now "Slow & Even".

• New: a Rate Downshift row, under About in Settings.

### 2.5 — 2026-09-20

• New: Body Scan. A slow, guided rest through the body, one region at a time — 10, 15 or 20 minutes. It's under Body & mind on the Breathe tab.

• Breathing, Stillness and Body Scan now each carry a short safety note: where to practise, and that it's fine to stop if it doesn't feel calming.

• Learn: a new "How long is enough?" entry on why a short session is a real session, and a note on the two ways people use the physiological sigh.

### 2.4 — 2026-09-19

• Fewer pauses. The You tab now redraws only the part that changed, and your health history is read and saved in the background instead of while you wait.

• Tension check-ins are now recorded only when you move the slider: a stray tap or the start of a scroll no longer logs a reading. Until you've checked in today, the slot shows "—".

### 2.3 — 2026-09-05

• Fixed a freeze. Checking whether your Apple Watch had already sent today's reminder could pause the app for a few seconds.

• Crash reports now leave out false alarms, so real problems are easier to find and fix.

### 2.2 — 2026-09-02

• Invite a friend — a new share row in Settings, under About.

• Fixed a freeze. Reading your Health data could block the app for several seconds, and occasionally the system would close it.

• Deleting all data is now final even while a refresh is running. Previously it could be undone moments later.

• Tightened what a crash report may contain, so a health value can never appear in one.

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All apps by Ioan-Cristian Vezure: https://appshunter.io/developer/1896782546

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